26 June 2019
Tracheostomy Equipment-Related Challenges in Low-resource settings vs. High-resource settings
Time: Wednesday, 4.00p ET / 9.00p London / Thursday, 27 June, 6.00a Melbourne
Moderator: Vinciya Pandian
Speakers:
- Mykayla Sandler, BA, Thyroid head and neck cancer foundation, NY
- Roger Nuss, MD, Department of Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgeon, Boston Children, MA
- Simon Best, MD, Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital, MD
- Palmer Foran, Undergraduate Student, College of William and Mary
- Daniel Flunt, BS in Physiotherapy, Post graduate in Clinical Redesign; State Manager for provision of home respiratory equipment, Enable New South Wales, Australia
Objectives:
- Describe medical equipment related to tracheostomy challenges in resource-limited settings (Africa)
- Discuss how medical equipment related to tracheostomy challenges in resource-limited settings (Africa) can be addressed
- List the challenges with obtaining medical equipment related to tracheostomy in high-resource settings (United States)
- Explain variations in how patients in Australia deal with tracheostomy-related medical equipment issues